Toronto terror plot postscript
Thomas Walkom of the Toronto Star said that the timing of the arrests could help the Canadian government convince citizens to continue support for Canadian troops in Afghanistan and also to influence Parliament which was "conducting a mandatory five-year review of Canada's new anti-terror laws." [1] Defense attorney Rocco Galati added that the arrests were meant to influence the "planned Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality" of the anti-terror laws. [2]
The RCMP had disrupted at least a dozen terrorist plots in the past two years using tactics like letting suspects know they are under surveillance. This was done when police did not have enough evidence for criminal charges. These types of tactics became unpopular after a series of scandals in the 1970s in which the police sometimes broke the law in order to achieve their goals. Abridging people's freedom of speech was also a concern. [3]
Sources:
[1] The Toronto Star. June 7, 2006. Suspects seem strictly second-rate.
[2] CBC News. June 12, 2006. Lawyers for bomb plot suspects upset over publication ban.
[3] The Globe and Mail. June 7, 2006. RCMP foiled dozen plots in past two years.
posted: june 16, 2006, 7:20 pm (new york)
The RCMP had disrupted at least a dozen terrorist plots in the past two years using tactics like letting suspects know they are under surveillance. This was done when police did not have enough evidence for criminal charges. These types of tactics became unpopular after a series of scandals in the 1970s in which the police sometimes broke the law in order to achieve their goals. Abridging people's freedom of speech was also a concern. [3]
Sources:
[1] The Toronto Star. June 7, 2006. Suspects seem strictly second-rate.
[2] CBC News. June 12, 2006. Lawyers for bomb plot suspects upset over publication ban.
[3] The Globe and Mail. June 7, 2006. RCMP foiled dozen plots in past two years.
posted: june 16, 2006, 7:20 pm (new york)
posted by eric at 6:20 PM
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